Milwaukee Tool is once again expanding its footprint in the U.S. with the announcement of a new manufacturing facility in Clinton, Mississippi.
Milwaukee Tool has designed, engineered, and manufactured products in the U.S. since 1924. In the last five years, the company has invested $368 million in domestic expansion projects and now employs more than 7,600 people in the U.S.
With plan to open in November, this new facility will accommodate increased capacity for the company’s growing business. The project is a more than $7 million corporate investment, and is part of the company’s recent commitment to creating 1,200 jobs in Mississippi.
“At the core of everything we do at Milwaukee Tool is our dedication to delivering disruptive solutions that drive enhanced safety and productivity for our users,” said Steve Richman, Milwaukee Tool Group president. “The new Clinton facility, as well as our ongoing investments in U.S. operations and manufacturing, are critical to ensuring we can continuously deliver this innovation to our end users and distribution partners with speed and agility.”
The new 357,000-square-foot facility will act as an expansion of the company’s current location in Jackson, MS. During the last decade, the company has grown its employees in the state from 526 in 2010, to more than 3,659 in 2021.
Milwaukee Tool last expanded in Mississippi in April, announcing plans to construct a facility in Grenada. With the announcement of that expansion, the company committed to creating 1,200 overall jobs in the region within eight years.
“Throughout the last decade, Milwaukee Tool has experienced rapid growth across the globe, with sales growing more than 20% each year. Amid this growth, we’re going to continue aggressively investing in our product development, and diversifying our manufacturing base through expansion projects in the United States,” said Joe Galli, CEO at Techtronic Industries.
Currently, Milwaukee has manufacturing, distribution, and operations presences across the nation in Greenwood, Olive Branch, Grenada, and Jackson, MS; Brookfield, Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee, Mukwonago, and Sun Prairie, WI; Greenwood, IN; and Cookeville, TN. The company is also building a new hand tool manufacturing plant in West Bend, WI, which is anticipated to open in 2022.
American manufacturing has been, and will continue to be, a critical part of the company’s global footprint.
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